Cities in Kentucky by white (non-Hispanic) population share

Independence, KY had the highest white (non-Hispanic) population share of 42 cities in 2022, at 93.6%. Shively, KY had the lowest, at 36.5%. The median was 82.1% and the figure for Kentucky was 83.3%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest93.6Independence, KY

Lowest36.5Shively, KY

Median82.142 cities

Kentucky83.3History

All cities, 2022

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Independence, KY	93.6	+0.9 pts
2	Mount Washington, KY	93	+0.4 pts
3	Shepherdsville, KY	92.3	+1.8 pts
4	Fort Thomas, KY	91.7	-0.7 pts
5	Ashland, KY	90.9	-0.4 pts
6	Lawrenceburg, KY	90.8	-1.1 pts
7	Alexandria, KY	90	-4.7 pts
8	Berea, KY	89.4	-0.1 pts
9	La Grange, KY	87.6	+2.5 pts
10	Nicholasville, KY	86.8	-1.1 pts
11	Somerset, KY	86.4	-0.7 pts
12	Erlanger, KY	86	+0.5 pts
13	St. Matthews, KY	85.5	-1 pts
14	Richmond, KY	84.8	-1.2 pts
15	Georgetown, KY	84.2	0 pts
16	Winchester, KY	84.1	-0.7 pts
17	Murray, KY	84	-0.5 pts
18	Campbellsville, KY	83.9	0 pts
19	Newport, KY	83.6	-0.3 pts
20	Paris, KY	82.9	+0.6 pts
21	Florence, KY	82.5	+0.1 pts
22	Glasgow, KY	81.7	-0.9 pts
23	Owensboro, KY	81.7	-0.2 pts
24	Franklin, KY	80.2	+3.3 pts
25	Danville, KY	79.5	+1.3 pts
26	Henderson, KY	79.4	-0.9 pts
27	Bardstown, KY	78.1	-0.6 pts
28	Madisonville, KY	77.7	-1.9 pts
29	Covington, KY	76.4	+0.6 pts
30	Elizabethtown, KY	75.9	-0.6 pts
31	Jeffersontown, KY	75.1	+2.6 pts
32	Versailles, KY	74.7	-2.3 pts
33	Frankfort, KY	73	+0.8 pts
34	Paducah, KY	70	-0.3 pts
35	Lexington, KY	69.7	-0.4 pts
36	Lyndon, KY	68.1	-4.1 pts
37	Shelbyville, KY	66.2	-0.3 pts
38	Bowling Green, KY	65.8	-1.8 pts
39	Louisville, KY	62.9	-0.9 pts
40	Hopkinsville, KY	59.3	-3.1 pts
41	Radcliff, KY	54.6	+1.4 pts
42	Shively, KY	36.5	-2.1 pts

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About this ranking

People who are not Hispanic or Latino and report White as their only race, as a percentage of the total population. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

US federal statistics ask about Hispanic origin and race separately, and Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race. The shares for White, Black and Asian count people who are not Hispanic and report that race alone, so the published shares do not add up to 100 (people of two or more races and other races are not shown). EU and Spanish statistics do not collect race.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b03002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Kentucky by white (non-Hispanic) population share, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b03002.dat

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Kentucky by white (non-Hispanic) population share, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b03002.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/white-non-hispanic-population-share/kentucky-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Kentucky by white (non-Hispanic) population share, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b03002.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/white-non-hispanic-population-share/kentucky-cities?period=2022.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Kentucky by white (non-Hispanic) population share, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b03002.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/white-non-hispanic-population-share/kentucky-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{census_cities_in_kentucky_by_2022,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Kentucky by white (non-Hispanic) population share, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b03002.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/white-non-hispanic-population-share/kentucky-cities?period=2022. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2022/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2022-b03002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Independence, KY, with 93.6% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Shively, KY, with 36.5% in 2022.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.